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Articles•by Melanie Basich•June 1, 2007

Can We Stop the Next Cho Seung-Hui?

At about 9 a.m. on April 16, snow was flurrying down on the Virginia Tech University campus. The flakes drifted lazily into the trees. Students walked to class. It was pretty. It was peaceful. It was the kind of scene that a college catalog photographer prays for. Just minutes later, the peace was broken.

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News•by Staff Writer•May 31, 2007

Kelly McCann, aka "Jim Grover," to Speak About Realistic Self-Defense

One of the best known and most respected personal security experts in the United States, retired Marine Corps Major Kelly McCann, aka "Jim Grover," will be the keynote speaker at TREXPO East, at the Dulles Expo & Conference Center in Chantilly, Va.

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News•by Staff Writer•May 31, 2007

Bear Tranked by Officers in New Mexico Clinic

A 125-pound male bear, estimated to be two to three years old, decided to visit a suburban Albuquerque, N.M., health clinic last week. He was put down with a tranquilizer dart fired by state game and fish officers and returned to the wild unharmed.

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News•by Staff Writer•May 31, 2007

Law Enforcement, FBI Vet Joins Office of Congressional Affairs

Richard C. Powers, a 17-year FBI veteran and esteemed law enforcement officer, has been named as the new Assistant Director of the FBI's Office of Congressional Affairs.

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News•by Staff Writer•May 31, 2007

Colorado Bill to Aid Police in Tracking Alzheimer's Patients

Colorado law enforcement officers now have a new tool enabling them to finding missing seniors, including individuals suffering from Alzheimer's and other disabilities.

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News•by Staff Writer•May 29, 2007

Night Vision Goggles Shed Light as Crime-Fighting, Safety Tool

A total of 10 counties in Denver’s North Central Region of Homeland Security upgraded their arsenal of crime-fighting and safety tools with the recent purchase of state-of-the-art night vision goggles.

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News•by Staff Writer•May 24, 2007

Suspect in Planned Fort Dix Attack Applied for Police Jobs

A man suspected of helping to plan an attack on soldiers at Fort Dix in New Jersey applied to two police departments, possibly to obtain information from within.

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News•by Staff Writer•May 24, 2007

Baltimore Attacked by ACLU for Martial Law Plan

The Baltimore City Council's plan to declare martial law in the city's most crime-ridden areas has drawn howls of protest from the American Civil Liberties Union who say it is unconstitutional.

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News•by Staff Writer•May 17, 2007

PERF Give Charles Ramsey Leadership Award

The Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) has presented its 2007 Leadership Award to former Washington, D.C., Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey.

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News•by Staff Writer•May 17, 2007

Supreme Court Swayed by In-Car Video

In a decision swayed substantially by in-car video, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that police cannot be sued by suspects injured as a result of a high-speed chase in which they are involved.

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